different between yatta vs batta

English

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (yatta).

Popularized by the character Hiro Nakamura on the American television series Heroes.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t?
• (US) IPA^(key): /j??t?/

Interjection

yatta

1. (chiefly among fans of Japanese comics and Japanese animation) I did it!
   • 2008 1 July, Antonio Ospite, "ext3grep: success story. Thanks!", ext3grep, Google Groups:

     Yatta! File restored!

   • 2009, Giz, Menage a 3: I <3 Magical Zii,

     Yatta! I’ll go get my script, and be right back!

   • 2011, Ned Greenwood, Hachiman Taro: Firstborn of the God of War, Tate Publishing (2011), ?ISBN, page 233:

     Finally, they found number 16 with the name Ragnvold printed below. "Yatta, we did it," exclaimed Tule.

See also

• eureka

Japanese

Romanization

yatta

1. R?maji transcription of ???

English

Etymology

Hindi ????? (bhatt?)

Pronunciation

Noun

batta (countable and uncountable, plural battas)

1. (India, dated) An exchange rate.
2. (India, dated) The discount on uncurrent coins.
3. (India, dated) Extra pay; especially an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
   • (Can we date this quote?) The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China, and Australasia (volume 28)

     On the day previous to their entry into the place, the men had shown a spirit of insubordination, refusing to proceed until some promise was given that they should get their extra battas.

References

batta in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• at bat, at-bat

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: battas, battât

Verb

batta

1. third-person singular past historic of batter

Hausa

Noun

batt?? f (plural batt?c?, possessed form battàr?)

1. leather pouch (e.g., for tobacco)
2. small metal container (e.g., of tiger balm)

Italian

Verb

batta

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of battere
2. third-person singular imperative of battere

Japanese

Romanization

batta

1. R?maji transcription of ???
2. R?maji transcription of ???

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bat.ta/
• Homophones: bg?adtha, bg?attha (some speakers)

Etymology 1

From Arabic ???????? (ba??a?a, “to make or become slow”).

Verb

batta (imperfect jbatti)

1. (intransitive) to abate, subside

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Sicilian battiri and/or Italian battere, both from Latin battuere.

Verb

batta (imperfect jbatti)

1. (transitive) to knock, beat

   Synonym: ?abbat

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tbatta